Rocklands | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | July 20, 1982[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 068-0181 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | N of Gordonsville on VA 231, near Gordonsville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.1767°N -78.1878°W |
Built: | c., 1933-1935 |
Architect: | Bottomley, William L.; Innocenti, Umberto |
Architecture: | Georgian Revival, Federal, Adamesque |
Added: | September 23, 1982 |
Refnum: | 82004578 |
Rocklands is a historic home and farm complex located near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. The house was built about 1905, and underwent a major renovation under the direction of William Lawrence Bottomley in 1933–1935. It is a -story, five-bay, Georgian Revival style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. The front facade features a monumental Ionic order hexastyle portico. Also on the property are the contributing guest house (c. 1905, 1935); a small service court designed by Bottomley and consisting of a garage, servant's house, woodshed, and tunnel; a 19th-century coachbarn of wood-frame construction; the mid-19th century farm manager's house; Spencer Neale, Jr., Residence (c. 1900); bank barn (c. 1910); and a brick house (1822).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.